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“I hate flowers
“I hate flowers. I paint them because they are cheaper than models and they don’t move,” - Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), the first American modernist woman artist
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Napoleon at the sacking of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792 in Maurice Réalier-Dumas's painting
Napoleon during the sacking of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792. Painting by Maurice Réalier-Dumas. In time Napoleon would come to be ashamed of the horrors he witnessed and took part in. From the wall, Louis XVI gazes down at the then lieutenant Buonaparte, in a recent portrait of
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QX magazine names Crown Princess Victoria Hetero Person of the Year for Stockholm Pride speech
Crown Princess Victoria, 43, Duchess of Västergötland and heir to the Swedish throne, has been named Straight Person of the Year by the Swedish monthly LGBTQ magazine QX-magazine. The award was given to Princess Victoria for her inspiring speech at last year's Stockholm Pride. In the photograph,
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Pope Francis Has Said How He Would Like to Die
Pope Francis has said how he would like to die. Speaking of his health, past and present, Francis I answered the question “How do you imagine your death?”: “As Pope, either in office or as emeritus. And in Rome. I will not go back to Argentina.”
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Do not tell me you have ever seen a more bewitchingly frail image of a writer in infancy than this engraving, "The Birth of Victor Hugo", of 1881, from the collections of the municipal library of Besançon, where the future classic of world…
Do not tell me you have ever seen a more bewitchingly frail image of a writer in infancy than this engraving, "The Birth of Victor Hugo", of 1881, from the collections of the municipal library of Besançon, where the future classic of world literature came into the world
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Madly glad to see the dearest Francisco Infante and Nonna Goryunova in good health today
Madly glad was I to see the dearest Francisco Infante and Nonna Goryunova in good health today. Charming people, artists who outran their time, and such old-world good souls. It was said that only friends would attend the opening of the legendary pair's new exhibition at the
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An excellent opening for a biography: nobody liked him
An excellent opening for a biography: nobody liked him. But then, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, the Convention's commissioner in the days of the Haitian Revolution, lived a short but interesting life. He freed the slaves of Saint-Domingue, for one thing
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Lyudmila Petrushevskaya receives the Golden Mask on 17 February at the age of 82
On 17 February Lyudmila Petrushevskaya received the Golden Mask, and everyone probably knows it by now. But just look how marvellous this 82-year-old girl looks 💞
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There is much talk about this portrait of Alexei Tolstoy by Pyotr Konchalovsky: about the accents the artist has placed, about the subtext, about Tolstoy's reaction to the still life that had sprung up around him, whether it is mockery and derision or rev
There is much talk about this portrait of Alexei Tolstoy by Pyotr Konchalovsky: about the accents the artist has placed, about the subtext, about Tolstoy's reaction to the still life that had sprung up around him, whether it is mockery and derision or reverence, whether it is proper
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Prince Philip admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital in London for observation
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, aged 99, has been admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital in London. Buckingham Palace reports that Prince Philip felt unwell and is to remain in hospital for a few days for observation. One can only hope that all will be well with him
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Margravine Sibylla of Baden-Baden in a Witch Masquerade Costume Portrait
Sibylla of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675-1733), Margravine of Baden-Baden, in a masquerade costume as a sorceress. I do not know whether the outfit really came with fire-breathing asps; perhaps there were simply no fire salamanders to be had. In this portrait Sibylla has gathered together the various attributes
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Meghan Markle announces a second child after last year's court action over privacy
Meghan Markle has announced that she is expecting a second child. Only last year she turned to the courts for protection of her private life from journalists. Yesterday's news, in all likelihood, illustrates not merely a wish to publish personal stories and news on her own terms, but,